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> Like if all miles were driven by EVs, then it would be a 100% reduction in gasoline (using the metric in the study). It wouldn't be quite 100%. Generators, m
by rascul 4y ago
> Like if all miles were driven by EVs, then it would be a 100% reduction in gasoline (using the metric in the study).
It wouldn't be quite 100%. Generators, mowers, ATVs, and some other things are also using gasoline. I don't see in the article if that was accounted for. I doubt it would be much more than a few percent at the most, though.
- Imnimo 4y agoWell, but the metric in the study doesn't count those anyway. It's just about gasoline used by cars, and they get their number by considering how much gas would have been used if all the miles driven by EV had instead been driven by a similar gas-consuming vehicle.
- rascul 4y ago> they get their number by considering how much gas would have been used if all the miles driven by EV had instead been driven by a similar gas-consuming vehicle. That wasn't clear to me from the article. I gathered (incorrectly) that the numbers were based off amount of gasoline sold. Thanks for the clarification.